Danish TV notices a recurring rhetoric with Obama and foreign leaders.

[Ichingcarpenter]

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It appears the US is the Lake Wobegon of world diplomacy where all allies are above average.

[yends21012]

1. Funny

[flor-de-jasmim]

2. HA! No country left behind...

[Deeply]

3. lol

I would think after saying something so many times he would realize he should mix up the terms, at least a little.

[faithnomore]

4. Just more empty words, much like the promises he made us

and had no intention of fulfilling. Words without actions are nothing but wasted breath.

[TheDebbieDee]

7. Blah, blah, blah........

[Demit]

5. Cringeworthy. The identical metaphor in describing FIVE different countries.

This is the man with the silver tongue? Then, even if he isn't noticing, his speechwriting team should be. That is incredibly embarrassing.

[Historic NY]

8. Well at least they're not knocked out....punch above their weight.

[truth2power]

9. Back in early '08, during the Primaries, a colleague approached me at work...

He was all excited about Obama. I remember telling him, "Obama makes all-purpose speeches".

Here's something to be pondered:

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090503_buying_brand_obama/

A column by Chris Hedges, from 2009

Buying Brand Obama

Barack Obama is a brand. And the Obama brand is designed to make us feel good about our government while corporate overlords loot the Treasury, our elected officials continue to have their palms greased by armies of corporate lobbyists, our corporate media diverts us with gossip and trivia and our imperial wars expand in the Middle East. Brand Obama is about being happy consumers. We are entertained. We feel hopeful. We like our president. We believe he is like us. But like all branded products spun out from the manipulative world of corporate advertising, we are being duped into doing and supporting a lot of things that are not in our interest.

>snip

The Obama campaign was named Advertising Age’s marketer of the year for 2008 and edged out runners-up Apple and Zappos.com. Take it from the professionals. Brand Obama is a marketer’s dream. President Obama does one thing and Brand Obama gets you to believe another. This is the essence of successful advertising. You buy or do what the advertiser wants because of how they can make you feel. <emphasis added>

More at link...

[Ichingcarpenter]

10. That article hits above its weight class

Chris is my most important ally.

[DhhD]

11. Yes, you are right. We at our house kept watching to see when Obama would get up

and start boxing the GOP Platform installations during the first two years of his first administration. Will he sit this second term out?